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To change the configuration file, open the CHARON Virtual Machines Manager from its shortcut on Desktop / Start menu or from the tray menu item, select the target CHARON VM and press the "Edit Configuration" button:

Notepad will be used to edit the configuration file:

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Configuration name

The next configuration statement is the "Configuration name" option:

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Log file parameters

The execution of a CHARON VM creates one log file or a set of log files reflecting the progress of its start-up and ongoing operation: start and end time of execution, system information, license and configuration details, warnings, reports on problems that may occur, etc. In case of problems with either the running CHARON VM or the emulated system configuration (such as the absence or malfunction of certain devices), the log file is the primary source to be analyzed for troubleshooting.

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20161120:142250:INFO :0:00000249:ethane.cxx(8343): Logging started.
20161120:142250:INFO :0:000003A5:ethane.cxx(9414): session: loading built-in configuration "MicroVAX_3100_Model_96"...
20161120:142250:INFO :0:000003A6:ethane.cxx(9446): session: ... done loading built-in configuration "MicroVAX_3100_Model_96"
20161120:142250:INFO :0:000003A7:ethane.cxx(9604): session: loading service configuration "My_MV3100_96"...
20161120:142250:INFO :0:000003A8:ethane.cxx(9639): session: ... done loading service configuration "My_MV3100_96"
20161120:142250:INFO :0:000003AA:ethane.cxx(9687): session: loading configuration file "C:\Program Files\CHARON\Virtual Machines\My_MV3600\My_MV3600\My_MV3100_96\mv3k196.cfg"...
The previous message has been repeated 2 times.
20161120:142250:INFO :0:000003AB:ethane.cxx( 540): session: ... done loading configuration file "configuration_name.icfg"
The previous message has been repeated 2 times.
20161120:142250:INFO :0:000003F2:sesmgr.cxx(1394): session: default log file size limit is 4194304 bytes
20161120:142250:INFO :0:0000032B:ethane.cxx(2581): Start request received.
20161120:142250:INFO :0:000003AC:ethane.cxx( 739): session: process affinity is 00000000000000FF, system affinity is 00000000000000FF
20161120:142250:INFO :0:000003D1:ethane.cxx(1397): session: I/O domain affinity is 0000000000000003, CPU domain affinity is 00000000000000FC
20161120:142250:INFO :0:000003BA:ll_sentine( 730): Looking for a license key ...
20161120:142250:INFO :0:000003DC:ll_sentine( 825): ... found license key 1422726238.
20161120:142250:INFO :0:0000024D:ethane.cxx(2712): STROMASYS SA, (C) 2009-2016
20161120:142250:INFO :0:00000408:ethane.cxx(2754): CHARON-VAX (MicroVAX 3100 Model 96), V 4.8 B 18302, Nov 11 2016 / 000.MSC.TEST.CENTER.KIRILL / 1422726238
20161120:142250:INFO :0:00000336:ethane.cxx(2795): The end user of this software has agreed to STROMASYS' Terms and Conditions for Software License and Limited Warranty, as described at: http://www.stromasys.com/pub/doc/30-17-033.pdf
20161120:142250:INFO :0:0000009D:ethane.cxx(2859): License info:
CHARON product code: "CHVAX-480xx-WI-LI".
Licensed to: "MSC".
License KEY driver is installed as hasplms and is running.
Executable "C:\Windows\system32\hasplms.exe", version 18.0.1.55505.
20161120:142250:INFO :0:00000097:ethane.cxx(2868): OS Environment: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit, Service Pack 1 (Build 7601).
20161120:142250:INFO :0:00000098:ethane.cxx(2873): Host CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31275 @ 3.40GHz x8.
20161120:142250:INFO :0:00000099:ethane.cxx(2878): Host Memory: 24320Mb
20161120:142251:INFO :0:00000001: tpool.cxx(1370): cpu: The ACE option is omitted; enable ACE as license default.
20161120:142251:INFO :0:00000401:ethdev.cxx( 384): eza: RX FIFO is disabled.
20161120:142251:INFO :0:00000133: tpool.cxx(1602): Advanced CPU Emulation (ACE) enabled.
20161120:142251:INFO :0:0000032C:ethane.cxx(2617): "My_MV3100_96" started.

The next group of parameters defines the name of the CHARON VM log file and how the CHARON VM will use it:

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• Mapping to the file representing a physical disk of the VAX/PDP11 system (disk image).

  • "<file-name>.vdisk"
    These files can be created from scratch with "MkDisk" utility. Data and OS disks backups are transferred from the original system via tapes or network and restored into these container files.

    Mapping may also include the full path (recommended), for example: "C:\My disks\my_boot_disk.vdisk" 

    Example:

    set DUA container[0]="my_bootable_disk.vdisk"

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    Warning
    Using compressed folders to store virtual disks and tapes is not supported

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• Mapping to physical disk.

  • "\\.\PhysicalDrive<N>"
    Be careful not to destroy all the information from the disk dedicated to CHARON VM by mistake. These disks must not be formatted by the host OS.  
    
    Example:
    

    set DUA container[1]="\\.\PhysicalDrive1"

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• Mapping to physical disk by its WWID.
  
  • "\\.\PhysicalDrive(DevID = <XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX>)"
    Be careful not to destroy all the information from the disk dedicated to CHARON VM by mistake. These disks must not be formatted by the host OS.
    

    DevID addresses the target physical disk by its WWID (hexadecimal 128-bit identifier assigned to the disk drive by its manufacturer/originator).

    Example:

    Div class small set DUA container[2]="\\.\PhysicalDrive(DevID= 6008-05F3-0005-2950-BF8E-0B86-A0C7-0001)"

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• Mapping to iSCSI disks.

  • "\\.\PhysicalDrive(iScsiTarget = <iSCSI target>, LUN = <LUN number>)"
    iScsiTarget addresses the disk by its iSCSI target name. LUN specifies LUN on connected iSCSI disk.

    Example:

    Div class small set DUA container[3]="\\.\PhysicalDrive(iScsiTarget= iqn.2008-04:iscsi.charon-target-test1, LUN= 1)"

     

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• Mapping to CD-ROM device.

  • "\\.\CdRom<N>"

    Example:

    set DUA container[4]="\\.\CdRom0"

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• Mapping to an ISO file for reading distribution CD-ROM image.

  • "<file-name>.iso"

    Mapping may also include the full path (recommended), for example: "C:\My disks\vms_distributive.iso"

    Example:
    

    set DUA container[5]="vms_distributive.iso"

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• Mapping to Floppy drive. 
  

  • "\\.\A:"

    Example:
    

    set DUA container[6]="\\.\A:"

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•  Mapping to some other type of drive, for example magneto-optical drive.  

  • "\\.\<N>:"

    Example:
    

    set DUA container[6]="\\.\H:"

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SCSI controller NCR53C94

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